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REVISED- 12/9/08 <br />Abstract and New Attachments <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 11, 2008 <br />Action Age d~ <br />Item No. ro <br />SUBJECT: Educational Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning /Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Proposed Ordinance Changes Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> (changes are indicated in strike- Donna Coffey, 245-2151 <br /> through/underline format) Perdita Holtz, 245-2611 <br />2. Letters from CHCCS and OCS <br />3. Impact Fee at Various Levels and <br /> Projected Revenue Produced <br />4. Existing and Proposed Impact Fees - <br /> Changes in 2009 <br />5. Adopted Student Generation Rates <br /> and Results of 2007 Study and <br /> Relationship to SAPFO (Schools <br /> Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance) <br />6. Impact Fee Levels in Counties with <br /> legislative approval to Levy Impact <br /> Fees <br />7. Proposed Addition (Appendix C) to <br /> the TischlerBise, Inc. School Impact <br /> Fee Reports <br />PURPOSE: To authorize an additional appendix to the School Impact Fee Reports prepared by <br />TischlerBise, Inc.; make a decision regarding an amendment to the Educational Facilities Impact <br />Fee Ordinance to adopt updated impact fee levels effective January 1, 2009 and provide for <br />incremental increases until 2013; to accept the student generate rate calculated in the <br />TischlerBise, Inc. reports; and to direct staff to begin the process outlined in the Schools <br />Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) to update the student generation rates used in <br />SAPFO. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County adopted the Educational Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance in <br />1993 and last updated impact fee levels in 2001. In 2007, the County contracted with <br />TischlerBise, Inc. to produce an updated impact fee study. Copies of the draft reports were sent <br />to the School Districts, BOCC, and municipal Planning Directors on July 22, 2008 and the Board <br />formally received the draft Educational Facilities Impact Fee reports at its October 7, 2008 <br />regular meeting. This topic was also discussed at the September 25, 2008 Joint Schools <br />